Top-ranked Caroline Wozniacki from Denmark defeated Marion Bartoli from France, 6-1, 2-6, 6-3, to win the 2011 BNP Paribas Open Women’s Title. Wozniacki took home a $700,000 prize and will maintain her number one WTA ranking. With her appearance in the finals, Bartoli is projected to jump to number 10 in the WTA rankings, her first time…
Novak Djokovic defeated Rafael Nadal, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, in the finals of the 2011 BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells Tennis Center on Sunday. Djokovic improved his overall mark to a perfect 18-0 in 2011 with the win over the world’s top ranked player. The win will move Djokovic into the number two spot in…
The USTA has announced the players and coaches who will represent the United States at the 2011 World Team Cup. The nation’s top wheelchair tennis players will compete against participants from around the globe, April 25–May 1, on the hard courts of the University of Pretoria in Pretoria, South Africa. The university, which is one of…
Ryan Harrison, the 18-year-old sensation from Louisiana who defeated three top-50 players at the BNP Paribas Open this week at Indian Wells before losing to Roger Federer, will compete in the Campbell’s Hall of Fame Tennis Championships in Newport, R.I., July 4-10, 2011. At this week’s BNP Paribas Open, Harrison overcame another rising star, 20-year-old Canadian Milos…
Juan del Potro advanced at the BNP Paribas Open at the Indian Wells Tennis Center when 25th-seeded Tommy Robredo withdrew before their Thursday quarterfinal due to a strained left abductor muscle a day earlier. Robredo hurt himself in his straight-sets win over Sam Querrey, and an MRI on Wednesday night confirmed the injury, which will keep…
Rafael Nadal defeated a very tough opponent in qualifier Somdev Devvarman from India, 7-5, 6-4, at the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells Tennis Garden to advance to the quarterfinals of the event. Nadal improved to 29-4 at Indian Wells, where he’s made the semifinals or better the last five years, winning in 2007 and 2009. Roger…
AP reports that Serena Williams is “at the end of (her) rope” after several physical setbacks that have kept her off the court since July. “It’s just been a tough year,” the 29-year-old said at her Bel Air home in an interview published in Wednesday’s edition of USA Today. Serena cut her foot on broken glass at…
Roger Federer, Andy Roddick and Novak Djokovic all advanced at the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells Tennis Garden in California. Roddick ousted fellow American John Isner, 7-5, 6-2, and is one of three Americans still left at Indian Wells. Twenty-ninth-seeded Juan Ignacio Chela of Argentina fell to Federer, 6-0, 6-2, while Djokovic dispatched of Ernests…
The Miami Open, an ITF and Beach Tennis USA beach tennis tournament, in partnership with Vision Italia, will be played during the first weekend of the professional tennis tournament (Sony Ericksson Open) in Key Biscayne, Fla. from March 25-27. Join Long Island Tennis Magazine and Beach Tennis USA as we get the 2011 Beach Tennis season started. This…
World TeamTennis hosted its 2011 player draft on Tuesday, ronding out the rosters for the upcoming 2011 season. The following is a round-by-round recap of the draft which included a trade between The Washington Kastles and the Sacramento Capitals. The Kastles dealt their fourth round pick and financial considerations to the Sacramento Capitals’ for their third…